Question

if one of the resistors in the parallel Circuits were shorted, what you you expect to see happen?

Answer 1

If one of the resistors in the parallel circuit is shorted means the maximum current will passing through the shorted path while remaining elements present in the circuits are idle.and also source is shoted .

In parallel circuit all the branches have the same voltage across them.

The shorted branch has a resistance of zero.

V = IR, whatever the current, a resistance of zero implies zero voltage.

Therefore the shorted branch has no voltage across it.

Therefore none of the other branches have voltage across them.

Therefore none of the other branches that have any resistance will have any current in them.

so, current always prefers least resistance path so it goes through the shorted branch if short circuit happens in ur circuit it may cause severe damage if there is some active source connected parallel to it

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